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Michael Rosen, the author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, will headline Blackburn with Darwen’s Children & Young People’s Literature Festival…
People in Darwen are being urged to have their say on how £20m of Government Pride in Place funding should be spent…
Dame Rachel De Souza visited Little Harwood Family Hub on 21 May as part of a Blackburn trip that also included Blackburn…
Blackburn with Darwen Council has set out its new political balance for 2026/27 after the Annual Council meeting, with Labour continuing in…
People across Lancashire, including in Blackburn with Darwen, are being asked to help shape a new transport plan setting out how travel…
Councillor Mahfooz Hussain has become Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, with his mayor-making ceremony held at Blackburn Town Hall and his Civic…
The National Festival of Making is back in Blackburn on 4 and 5 July, with more than 300 artists and makers, 100-plus…
More than 100 people from health, local government and the voluntary sector gathered in Blackburn last week as the borough stepped up…
Darwen Live returns in a week with The Ordinary Boys, Ferocious Dog, Janet Devlin and more spread across three stages and more…
Blackburn Cathedral Choir was invited to sing at St Paul’s Cathedral as part of the 371st Festival of Clergy Support Trust, performing…
Weekly overnight closures at M65 Junction 5 are due to begin on 11 May and are expected to run until September as…
Private renting in England is set for its biggest shake-up in more than 30 years, with the new Renters’ Rights Act starting…
